Diocese holds conference in Imperial Valley
CALEXICO — Around 230 people, including 86 youth, converged in Calexico on April 22 for the diocese’s Imperial Valley Conference, which opened with a Mass…
Community Rosary returns to Imperial Valley
EL CENTRO — Our Lady of the Valley will be holding its second annual Community Rosary on Thursday, Oct. 6, as a vigil celebration…
Eucharistic Miracles exhibition comes to Imperial Valley
EL CENTRO — Imperial Valley Catholics gathered at the St. Mary Parish Center to both mull over the Vatican-approved International Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles…
Food bank bids farewell to ‘El Centro Angel’
EL CENTRO — When Sister Maria Luisa Valdez came to the Imperial Valley decades ago, she never knew she would touch as many lives…
El Centro churches merge as ‘Our Lady of the Valley’
EL CENTRO – Years in the making, El Centro’s two Catholic parishes have now officially united under a new banner: “Our Lady of the…
Valley’s needy to get ‘Embrace’
EL CENTRO — The city’s faithful and Catholic Charities plan to team up for “The Embrace” on Dec. 18, an event that gives the…
COVID-19 taking a toll on Imperial Valley communities
EL CENTRO — “This is worse than our 7.2 earthquake in 2010, with its terrible, nerve-wracking aftershocks.” That’s how Father Ed Horning describes life…
Diocese suspends plan to reopen public Masses in Imperial Valley
By Roman Flores EL CENTRO – A few faithful entered the athletic field of St. Mary’s School on Sunday morning. The green grass was…
Graduates roll into the future, one blessing at a time
EL CENTRO – Catholic educators threw a Graduation Parade for the Imperial Valley’s Class of 2020, attended by around 80 high school graduates who…
Construction at Vincent Memorial undeterred by pandemic and burglary
By Roman Flores CALEXICO – Construction of a science building at the Imperial Valley’s only Catholic high school is on track to be finished…
